bring home

Idioms  

1. Get to the heart of a matter, make perfectly clear. For example, The crash brought home the danger of drinking and driving. This term uses home in the figurative sense of “touching someone or something closely.” [Second half of 1800s]

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Example Sentences

“Is this fair? I bring home $2,400 per month. I feel slighted. I guess I also feel bitter because I never felt comfortable paying for his kids. What do you think?”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Of course, their elevated rank requires Ashley to bring home so much work that she doesn’t have the energy or time to read to their kid.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

That makes China’s shrinking share of the global economy worrying for global businesses, whose investments in China bring home less in dollar terms now.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

British foreign minister Yvette Cooper said Tuesday a UK government charter flight would bring home British nationals from Oman in the coming days.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

And I can’t stop crying now because this was my one chance to be a man and bring home the money the telegram boy never brought from my father.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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